Possible Clues:

• Claimant to a throne, usually without just title
• One acting before the contract bid?
• One acts like eight or nine of French Resistance
• Claimant, like Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Before submission, one typically makes a claim
• Bid to be taken on before play-actor
• Person making a false claim before the final bid
• Claimant to a throne
• Claimant to throne
• Before being soft one may make one's claim